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[b]Wilmore, Virts begin their second spacewalk[/b] Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Terry Virts switched their extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuits from external power to battery at 6:51 a.m. CST (1251 GMT) on Wednesday (Feb. 25), marking the start of their planned six-hour, 30-minute spacewalk. Wilmore and Virts will finish routing a series of power and data cables to the port and starboard sides of Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 at the forward end of the Harmony Node 2 module where the first of two International Docking Adapters will be installed later this year. Virts will also lubricate elements at the latching end of the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm while Wilmore prepares the Tranquility Node 3 module for the relocation of the Permanent Multipurpose Module and the arrival of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) later this year. Wilmore, designated as EV1, is wearing a spacesuit with red stripes. Virts is wearing a spacesuit with no stripes and is designated EV2.
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